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🔥 Have you ever wondered if the stories in the Bible are real?
Are they just myths, fables, or legends 📜 – or is there something more? 🤔 Today, we’re diving into that very question! 🎙️

🔍 In this episode:

• We’ll explore different types of stories in the Bible – some are historical 🏛️, while others are fictional (gasp! 😮).
• You'll learn the purpose behind the fictional stories and how they illustrate truth 📖, like the parables Jesus told.
• We’ll also dig into some of the most famous Bible stories—Noah’s Ark 🛳️, Jonah and the Big Fish 🐋, and Jesus walking on water 🌊—and find out if they are legit.

📖 Key Insights:

• Yes, there are fictional stories in the Bible, like Nathan's fictional story to David in 2 Samuel or Jesus’ parables that convey truth ✨.
• But when it comes to miraculous events like Noah's Ark 🌧️, Jonah and the Fish, and Jesus’ miracles—are these real historical accounts? 🤯
• You’ll discover how eyewitnesses accounts of Jesus's miracles are reliable and true and how Jesus referenced Old Testament stories as REAL historical events involving REAL historical figures. If Jesus treated them that way, we should too! 🙌

👉 Listen to the episode, and let's unpack the mystery together 🎧

Bible References 📖:
2 Samuel 12:1-7: Nathan’s parable to King David about the rich man and the poor man’s lamb 🐑

Luke 15:1-7: Jesus’ parable of the lost sheep 🐑

Hebrews 6:18: "It is impossible for God to lie" 🕊️

1 Peter 2:22: "He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth" ✝️

John 6:48-51: Jesus referring to the manna in the wilderness 🍞

Luke 17:26-27: Jesus speaks about the days of Noah 🌊

Luke 17:28-32: Jesus mentions the days of Lot, referencing the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah 🔥and Lot's wife

Matthew 12:39-41: Jesus references Jonah, saying, "For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of a huge fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth" 🐋

2 Peter 2:5-7: The apostle Peter treats the stories of Noah and Lot as real historical events involving real historical people 🌧️🔥

Jude 1:7: Jude highlights the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah as an example of God's judgment on sexual immorality and perversion 🌋

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